GIANGIACOMO ROSSETTI – BONES OF THE MEN
2019-10-28In Bones of the Men Giangiacomo Rossetti exhibits, amongst other things, paintings of himself. He embeds his own image—and those of some of the people in his life—in a medley of compositions crediting Renaissance masters, Arnold Böcklin and the Pre-Raphaelites. By repainting these thoroughly studied subjects, the artist claims their ownership. Irreverence settles in. Rossetti reconfigures these acclaimed compositions by inhabiting them with his own presence, with his own image. Half-heartedly, his audacity is covered up behind smears of adulation. This is precisely where Rossetti departs from the classical master copy. This is where he rips off the cord.
Opposite – Go on give it to the madman! He went mad because he ate the brains of cats like a wolf!, 2019
Exhibition runs through to January 15th, 2020
Mendes Wood DM
13 Rue des Sablons / Zavelstraat
1000 Brussels
Belgium
